Jeep

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In the years 1903-09, Standard Wheel Co. (since 1905, Overland Co.) produced the Overland vehicles. In 1908, John N. Willys took it over and changed the name to Willys Overland Co. It produced vehicles under the following makes: Willys (in the years 1909-10, 1913-15 and 1929-63), Willys-Knight (1914-33), Overland (1910-26, 1931-33 and 1938-39), Whippet (1926-28), Willys Whippet (1929-30) and Falcon-Knight (1926-28). Willys Overland took over the following companies: in 1909 - Pope Toledo (1903-09) and in 1925 - Stearns Knight (it produced cars under the Stearns (1896-1911) and Stearns Knight (1911-30) makes). In November 1940, the company presented a prototype of the Quad Jeep. In the years 1941-71, military Jeeps MA, MB, MC and MD were produced. In July 1945, Willys Overland started production of the civil Jeep CJ-2A. In April 1953, the company was taken over by the Kaiser Frazer Corporation, the name was changed to Kaiser-Willys Motors, but Jeeps were still sold under the Willys make. Established in July 1945, the Kaiser Frazer Corp. produced cars under the following makes: Kaiser (1946-55), Frazer (1946-51), Henry J (1950-54) and Allstate (1951-53). In 1947 it took over Graham Motors, which produced cars under the following makes: Paige-Detroit (1908-11), Paige (1911-27), Graham-Paige (1927-30), Graham (1930-40, 1946) and Hupmobile (1908-40). In 1955, the name Kaiser-Willys Motors was changed to Willys Motors, and in 1963 - to Kaiser Jeep Corp. In 1963, Willys was also changed to Kaiser Jeep. In February 1970, the company was taken over by the American Motor Corporation, and Jeep became a trade name. Established by the merger of the Nash and Hudson companies in May 1954, the AMC concern produced cars under the following makes: Nash (1954-57), Hudson (1954-57), Rambler (1956-69) and AMC (1965-87). Earlier on, Nash produced cars under the following makes: Rambler (prototypes from 1987, 1902-14), Jefferey (1914-17), Nash (1917-57), La Fayette (1920-24 and 1934-36), Ajax (1925-26) and Nash La Fayette (1936-40), while Hudson produced cars under the following makes: Hudson (1909-57), Essex (1917-32) and Terraplane (1933-37). In August 1987, Chrysler bought from Renault and other owners 100% of AMC, retaining the Jeep make. Since November 1998, Jeep has been part of the DaimlerChrysler concern. Jeep cars are produced in the USA, Venezuela (since 1965), Austria (since 1994), Egypt (since 1978) and China (since 1985, under the Beijing Jeep make), and assembled in Thailand.